As soon as Lao Jiang heard that it made sense, he immediately sent a telegram to Commander Gu in Xuzhou, asking him to personally lead the team to attack Yancheng, and be sure to take Yancheng Port within three days and cut off the rear route of the New Fourth Army in Jiangbei.
At the same time, Lao Chiang also telegraphed to the Kuomintang Navy Command to send a fleet to cooperate with Commander Gu's team to attack Yancheng Port from the sea and control the wharf and other important places After deploying these, Lao Jiang felt that it was still not safe, and invited the US military advisers to the front line of Yancheng to coordinate the capture of Yancheng by the Kuomintang Navy and Air Force, and at the same time he bypassed Chief Gu of the Xuzhou Bandit Suppression Headquarters, and directly ordered the commander of the 18th Division, Qian: "Divide the troops all the way, cross Lianshui from west to east, cooperate with the large army of Xuzhou to besiege Yancheng, and cut off the road of the new Fourth Army in Jiangbei to retreat north" Division Commander Qian received the chairman's order to divide troops all the way across Lianshui and capture Yancheng, and he felt that this order was really difficult to execute, and he had already put all the reserves on the line from Siyang to Huai'an, where could he still divide his troops to besiege Yancheng, the chairman of the committee didn't know which villain's slander he had listened to, and he actually ignored the actual situation on the battlefield and directly intervened in the command of the front-line commander, which was difficult to do.
But Lao Qian has an advantage, that is, he is very obedient, and will never disobey the orders of the chairman, just by virtue of this, he climbed from a small company commander to his current position, perhaps his luck is much better than the average Whampoa classmates, every time he encounters danger, there are always people to solve problems for him, eight years ago, in Shanghai Luodian, his 18th division fell into the heavy encirclement of the Japanese army, and was about to be eaten by the devil dumplings, the 79th Army's Zhou Wu Independent Brigade led the soldiers to save him, so that he escaped alive and survived death, Later, the 18th Division was repeatedly placed in the rear by the chairman of the committee, equipped with the most advanced weapons and equipment, and enjoyed the preferential treatment that the miscellaneous troops could not even think of, and asked them to blockade the liberated areas of the Communist Party.
But Lao Qian forgot that the current opponent is Zhou Wu of the original 79th Army Independent Brigade who rescued him from the encirclement of devils in Shanghai Luodian, but now Zhou Wu's identity is different, not the brigade commander of the 79th Army Independent Brigade, but the commander of the First Army of the Jiangbei New Fourth Army Corps, after eight years of bloody and bloody battles on the same day, Zhou Wu is not the small brigade commander who resisted the elite attack of the Japanese army on the Luodian position in Shanghai, but the commander of the main force of the Jiangbei New Fourth Army, Now that he is the actual commander-in-chief of this battle, if he wants to eliminate this former comrade-in-arms and make Jiangbei and the Japanese puppet and stubborn people tremble, Lao Qian is inevitably a little too optimistic, and he will soon taste the bitterness of self-righteousness due to his own contempt for the enemy.
Zhou Wu, who had already moved his headquarters to Binhu Town, immediately received information from Nanjing that a large number of Kuomintang naval and air forces were marching towards Yancheng Port, and it was inevitable for Yancheng Port to see that momentum, and in the course of this intelligence war, Lao Chang's subordinate brothers played a vital role, and they used their original connections in Nanjing to cooperate with the underground party comrades to get this military information in the first time and transmit it back to Zhou Wu.
After Zhou Wu received this information, he immediately sent a report to the Corps Headquarters, and Commander Li ordered Zhou Wu: "Depending on the situation, pretend to guard Yancheng Port and contain the Kuomintang naval and land troops who come to attack, in view of the changes in the battlefield situation, the Corps Department has decided to send Chen Guofu's division to reinforce the direction of Yancheng, cooperate with Huang Shuisheng to contain the Kuomintang troops on the southern front, and reduce the pressure on Binhu Town." in order to be able to complete the encirclement of the 18th Division of the Kuomintang Army" Huang Shuisheng, who was in Yancheng, received a telegram from Zhou Wu, and felt that this time with the reinforcements of Lao Chen's division, his defensive pressure on Yancheng's side could be greatly reduced, Chen Guofu's division was the starting foundation of the Jiangbei New Fourth Army, and its combat effectiveness would never be weaker than Zhou Wu's team, so that Huang Shuisheng specialized in dealing with the Kuomintang Navy coming from the sea, and Lao Chen's division dealt with the Kuomintang Army infantry attacking from the south, and it might be able to support it here in Yancheng, of course, in Huang Shuisheng's heart, It is still necessary to be able to hold Yancheng Port as much as possible, after all, this is the only outlet to the sea controlled by the New Fourth Army in Jiangbei, which is conducive to the transfer of the New Fourth Army in the future.
After all, it was quicker and easier to withdraw to Shandong by sea than to break through the blockade of the Kuomintang army by land, and it was much safer.
After receiving Commander Li's order, Chen Guofu immediately led the team to march more than 200 kilometers and rushed to Yancheng, and after meeting Huang Shuisheng, he said: "Division Commander Huang, the commander wants our division to obey Lao Zhou's command, and Lao Zhou will hand over the defense of Yancheng to you, then we will listen to you." ” As soon as Huang Shuisheng heard Lao Chen say this, he hurriedly shook his head and waved his hand: "Senior Commander Chen, you are too polite, your seniority in the New Fourth Army is older than mine, it should be that our division obeys your command, and our division is inferior to you in this aspect of defending Jiancheng, Lao Chen should still let you command us, this is appropriate."
Huang Shuisheng is very realistic, he knows that his strength is on the water, and he is very good at dealing with those Kuomintang naval sailors who rush to land on the beach, but he is a little powerless to command two divisions to resist the Kuomintang troops attacking on land, so after listening to Lao Chen's suggestion, he hurriedly excused himself.
Lao Chen is an old revolutionary, and as soon as he heard Huang Shuisheng say the truth, he no longer shirked, and said: "Since Huang Shijie said so, then I might as well obey my orders respectfully, so let's talk about who commands whom, let's discuss it, and if we cooperate well with each other in the battle, we can be sure to win this battle and drive out the attacking Kuomintang troops."
"Division Commander Chen is reasonable, yes, we have to make a good calculation, the Kuomintang team that came to attack this time is menacing, and even their air force has been dispatched, it is estimated that it will be difficult for us to hold on to Yancheng this time," Huang Shuisheng worried.
"In this way, call those cadres above the company level in our ranks, and the comrades will discuss it together, there is no harm in listening to the opinions of the comrades, there must be a way to deal with the enemy."
Chen Guofu proposed.
Soon, Huang Shuisheng and those cadres above the company level under Lao Chen rushed over, and Huang Shuisheng was the first to speak: "Comrades, this time we are fighting jointly with the independent division of the Corps to deal with the Kuomintang army attacking Yancheng from both land and sea. ” Soon, the comrades put forward two completely different plans, a group of comrades believed that Yancheng should be held on to the periphery of Yancheng and the port to block the landing enemy, layer by layer, and finally rely on the Yancheng city wall fortifications to fight street battles with the enemy, so as to consume the enemy's vital strength and force the enemy to eliminate the goal of conquering Yancheng due to heavy casualties, and another group of comrades opposed this plan to hold on to the city, believing that Yancheng is located in the Jiangbei Plain, There are almost no natural dangers that can be used to resist the enemy's onslaught, and the equipment and supplies of their own troops are far inferior to the enemy's, and it is undoubtedly suicide to fight a war of attrition in positions, and he advocates taking the initiative to abandon Yancheng, putting in the enemy's navy and army infantry that have landed, setting up an ambush north of the abandoned Yellow River north of Yancheng, waiting for an opportunity to surround the invading isolated enemy in the movement, and then seize the fighters, concentrate the forces of two divisions, encircle the enemy, and encircle and annihilate him Huang Shuisheng and Chen Guofu listened to these suggestions of their brothers, and they couldn't make up their minds for a while, the opinions of both sides were reasonable, and it was definitely not possible to fight a positional war of attrition with the enemy who had the advantage in weapons and supplies, but to immediately give up the Yancheng Port that they had finally seized, Huang Shuisheng and Lao Cheng also felt a little reluctant, isn't the purpose of this battle to keep Yancheng, since they are going to give up so soon, then why send Lao Chen's independent division to reinforce Isn't this a big move to take off your pants and fart Huang Shuisheng hurriedly reported this opinion by radio to Zhou Wu, who was waiting for the arrival of the 18th Division in Binhu Town, Zhou Wu saw that he couldn't make a decision for a while, so he said to Lao Xu beside him: "Lao Xu, what do you think about Yancheng, Huang Shuisheng and Lao Chen disagreed, some advocated holding the city, and some advocated taking the initiative to abandon Yancheng, leading the enemy to go deeper, and ambushing and annihilating. ” Lao Xu thought about it carefully, and said to Zhou Wu: "I think it can be like this, take the method that is beneficial to us in these two plans, Huang Shuisheng's division is good at fighting water warfare, so let him go ashore to block the landing of the Kuomintang navy in Yancheng Port, and Lao Chen's independent division will contact the enemy's infantry team attacking from the south, feign to fight and be unable to fight, withdraw towards the abandoned Yellow River north of Yancheng, and set up an ambush circle in the Dahe Village area on the north bank of the river, and order Huang Shuisheng to abandon the blockade of Yancheng Port and withdraw to Dahe Village.
Together with the Independent Division, we will encircle the enemy's infantry that has reached Dahe Village, and at the same time Huang Shuisheng will kill a horse gun, capture Yancheng Port, and block the retreat of the enemy's navy that has already landed, so that the situation on the Eastern Front will be quite active for us, and the enemy will have to carefully consider the safety of those who have fallen into our ambush circle. ” Zhou Wu listened to Lao Xu's plan, felt that it made sense, and hurriedly nodded in agreement: "Okay, just send a telegram to Huang Shuisheng, implement this plan, and ask Huang Shuisheng to pay attention, you must not fall in love with the enemy navy that lands, you must know when to give up, when to attack, and it is very important to grasp this point in time for the success or failure of the battle." t1706231537: